Washing-machine



VUNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE,v

STEPHEN BALDWIN, or WILLIAMSON, NEW YORK.v

WASHING-MACHINE..

Specification of Letters Patent No'. 5,764, dated September 12, 1848.v

y0f the whole machine. Fig. Q a perspective view of the moving parts.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a Washing machine having an oblong reservoir in which at a few, inches above the bottom is placed horizontally a transversely fluted bedpiece on Which the clothes and cloth are laid, and over Which a correspondingly iuted roller is `moved by means of a sweep attached to its axle; and the application of Water to the clothes While in the machine in continuous small streams before and behind the roller from a tank above, attached to the sweep or dasher and moving coincidently therewith and with the roller.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation more particularly.

` ient height an oblong reservoir of any convenient dimensions lsay four feet long two feet Wide and one `foot deep-vide Fig. l. Hthin this reservoir some four or five inches above the bottom I place horizontally on two stringere-A Fig. l-near the sides of the reservoir a bedpiece-B, Fig. 1- fluted transversely extending to Within eight or ten inches of the ends of the reservoir. The flutes should be curved and should be from three fourths of an inch to an inch in depth so as to cause the roller to keep match when the clothes are on.

On the stringers next to the sides of the reservoir are flanges-a Fig. l-raised an inch and a half or two inches for the pur pose of preventing the roller slipping end- Wise. Sections of flutes should be made in the ends of the stringers not covered with the bedpiece that are at the end of the reservoir Where the lever is placed-ml Fig. lfor the purpose of moving the roller out upon when the clothes are being put on or turned over.

. placed.

On the bedpiece a fluted roller-F, Fig.

l-six or eight inches in diameter so fluted as to match the bedpiece is Worked alter-A nately7 backward and forward. Its length is equal to the Vwidth of the bedpiece. To move this roller a standard is erected on each side of the reservoir-b b Fig. 1-.-at equal distance froml the ends three or three and a half feet high to the top of which .are attached by a pin the upper ends of the arms of a sweep or dasher-e, e, Fig l the lower ends of it extending -down between the sides of the reservoir and the stringers supporting the bedpiece to near the bottom of the reservoir. f

The axles of the roller are inserted in slots made in the lower ends of the sweep or dasher arms-as seen in Fig. 2-a Fig 2 an axle-Above the roller is a girt-F, Fig. l-connecting the arms of the dasher. -Over the axles and in `the slots in which they are fixed are placed followers-b b Fig. Q-that are held down upon the axles by'coiled wire springs-as seen at 7, Fig. 2-so that when the dasher is moved backward and forward the roller is passed closely over the bedpiece between which and the roller the clothes are On the girt connecting the arms of the dasher is placedu and made fast a water tank-H, Fig. l-of any convenient ca.-

pacity, in length equal to about two'thirds` of the distance between the arms into which is put the water for Washing. The bottom ofit near both sides is perforated witha row of vsmall holes which are opened or closed with a slide-as seen in Fig. Q-and through which the water is admitted upon the clothes before and behind the roller when the machine is in operation. This tank may be 'made of tin or other material and should have a cover to prevent the water from spilling from it when in motion, and should be wider than the diameter of the roller solas to deliver the water beyond it. The slides covering the holes may be moved by a knob attached to them and .projecting through the bottom below or in any other convenient way. f

The roller is 4moved by a lever arrangement-as seen in Fig.' l. More particularly--a pitman-g, Fig. l-is attached by a pin joint made in the usual way, to the center of one side of the girt connecting the arms of the dasher, and extends back horizontally to a little beyond the end of the ioo reservoir when the dasher is thrust forward,I

and is there attached by a like joint to a lever-J1, Fig. l-whichis itself attached at the same motion. The roller may be moved by a crank and wheel if preferred. An orfice is made in the side of the reservoir-Ic Fig. l-or in the bottom at which the dirty water is drawn off. l

When the machine is intended to be used for fulling it may be made of larger dimensions than above specified and may instead of hand power be propelled by steam or water power. The clothes to be washed are laid upon the b'edpiece and the water from the tank being admitted the roller is moved backward and forward over them, which process works out the dirt and dirty water into the reservoir. During the process the clothes should occasionally be turned over. The water in the reservoir should never be allowed to rise so high as to reach the bedpiece.

What I claim as my invention and desire @to secure by Letters Patent is- The combining with the dasher of the washing machine a tank for` holding and supplying the wash Water substantially in lthe manner herein described. STEPHEN BALDWIN.

Vitnesses STEPHEN CULVER,

ERAsTUs STEBBINS. 

